IIJA Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Recreation and Visitor Services | L23AS00184

Opportunity Information: Apply for L23AS00184

The IIJA Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming Recreation and Visitor Services opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L23AS00184) is a discretionary federal grant offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior through the BLM. It is designed to support recreation and visitor service-related work connected to BLM-managed public lands in Wyoming, aligning with natural resource and public land stewardship priorities. Awards are made as cooperative agreements, which typically means the BLM expects to have substantial involvement during the project period (for example, coordinating on planning, technical approaches, compliance needs, or on-the-ground implementation).

This opportunity is listed under CFDA 15.225 and has an award ceiling of $100,000 per award. The posting indicates an original closing date of April 12, 2023, and it was created on February 11, 2023. While the excerpt does not spell out the exact project types in detail, the title and program framing point to projects that improve recreation access, visitor services, and related management activities on BLM lands in Wyoming, which may include planning, visitor information, facility or site improvements, and other recreation-supporting efforts consistent with BLM mission and applicable rules.

Eligibility is broad across public and nonprofit sectors, including state, county, and city/township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Tribal governments; Tribal organizations that are not federally recognized governments; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)). The NOFO explicitly states that individuals and for-profit organizations are not eligible to apply, which is an important constraint for potential applicants and partners structuring a proposal.

A key restriction in this announcement concerns youth internships and crews. The NOFO states it does not support entities hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II). The notice emphasizes that the Public Lands Corps Act is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that particular authority. As a result, Youth Conservation Corps-type applicants who want to propose projects centered on youth crews, internships, or similar arrangements are directed to pursue that work under a different funding path: NOFO 15.243, titled BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands, rather than through this Wyoming Recreation and Visitor Services opportunity. In practical terms, applicants should avoid building budgets or project narratives around PLC-style intern or crew hiring under this NOFO and should instead focus on allowable recreation and visitor services outcomes that fit the program purpose and eligibility rules.

Overall, this grant opportunity is a Wyoming-focused BLM recreation and visitor services funding mechanism under IIJA-era programming, offering up to $100,000 per award via cooperative agreements, open to governmental, Tribal, educational, and nonprofit organizations, while clearly excluding individuals, for-profit entities, and PLC intern/crew hiring approaches that must be routed through the separate youth conservation NOFO.

• The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "IIJA Bureau of Land Management Wyoming Recreation and Visitor Services" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.225.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-02-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-04-12. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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